Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

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the western ooe. H0os's Canal. IN
heuaE II Tlsgd Hood. Tue kans
Puget Soand, Ia honor Of Lieutsnsn
Paaet, Wss applied Only 70 tue upPsE.
81 southern, portion, bus has noB
been - sxssnds6 IN ~ spplieatien IS 10
designate the Wtois 6,dy 81 w8fer lying
so1ih 81 ths GAR q Georgia. ard east
I Of the Straits Of Z O. s80s a tie ap-
| elicatiac u that name, sc rsV popaiaf-
I IN Understood ard used. Among other
names given b. Fsne0uyar. and vaiqh
I COZ appear or the msp. are Mount Hal
/ sier after Rear Admiral Rainier, 81
lhs Ecziis pagyi, EasnOn Islaud lsf-
/ ter Captain Nksbpu) }, PoEs OfcsaFd 1.-THE
meme u sbe officer who discovered ~
| Poassesion Sound. PIT Townsend I'm
so0piimeut Of she noble MaFqsis Of
bat nameH3. WILDLY Island lsfssr
Lieutenant WILDLY. Mount Baker (af-
~ Lieutenant BsksT). y u Bshsm Bay,
ID ssepiinn Passage. and AeE DnnRe9sss.
o. the 4th % June. bsing she bIrtkdzy
Of King Gsorxe, Vancouver isnosd a.
Possession SQUAD. sac took formal pos
session Of the country in the hsGae Of
bis sovereign. de appiii d the name
Nee Georgia 70 al tbs Surrounding
country, as far s0Eth a. The California
Dzsse ssions Of Spain. As he emerged
from Puget Ss1nd, ~ more properly,
Admiralty Inlet, and entered the Canal
del Rosario, witch be Fe-ahristsnsd
Cali % Georgia be fell IN with tbs two
) srish vessels. sutii and NJ .Iteaba.
zhiah bad catered the Straits Of Faoa q
fes weeks later than be, and we're then
engage q ia exploring thsse upper waters.
An infsFchauEe OF eourtesies followed.
which led 10 an agreement 10 unite tkeiF
iaboFs; tut Jealousy 5000 pat al end 10
this. aud they theR acted indeps ndently,
both MIXING quite th0sI nxh explsra-
lions add comparatively accarzts charts
Of that long chanrel between Van
couver Island and ths main land. Ihs
subsequent history Of that region, how
10 vas occupied BY representatives Of
The Great Hudson Bsy Company, then
by American settlers. became pOr-
ton OF the United States BY
he treaty Of 1886, was att sched
10 Oregon 10 lsi5, gnd became
portion Of WashiRRt0n Territory 10
1858, IL veil knOwn TO ell. lts subse-
qaeut development has been very great.
Along ifs shsFea. agricultural industry
and sommeroe are creating wealth and
adding population. and, beyond psrad-
vent are. IL vill soon become large aud
Important portion Of the soon to be-
created Stats Of Warrington, which,
from lts location, and the possession OF
this magnificent sea, mnst become one
Of the most important states Of the
American Union.
PaRet Soand IL q body Of water pecu-
larry adapted By nature, not only for
being the seat Of large foreign COM
meFce, but for she conveyance and
interchange Of the varied domestic gro
duets Of = most extensive region. A
glance ct ths map will show how Rt eat,
IN proportion 10 the superficial area Of
water, is the shore line. aggregatinq two
thousand miles in length. and how the
bays, inlets and channels Famity 3 re
gion one hundred and fifty miles long,
by seventy wide. in snch q manner that
svary portion Of It les, practically, on
the shores OF the Sound. Tue timber.
coal aud iron Of that region, Wlieh are,
IN quantity, practically inexhausiible,
and Of o superior quality, have but fe9
miies 10 60 10 reach deep wateF, where
they may be loaded upsn ships and con
Veyed 20 any port Ia the world open 20
sea eOinR vessels. The aRficaltarai
products, since this farming Is done on
the lands lJing along or contiguous to
I've streams entering the Sound, and
which are navisGbis for light draft
steamers, can also avail shem selves OF
this great free waterway In RaiBg 10
market or reaching a Central shipping
/ point. line OF railway, the Northern
/ Pacific. already connects the Sound
sith Portland and tins With TIE East.
I a -
terminating Ia tast otT. Ia q few
months the Northern Pacific will have
esmpieted q direct route 30 the Sound.
across the Cascade Mountains, giving
| Tacoma and Seattle a. ~ II, By = short
ex snsios Of the road slready built fro0a
that city, the advantage OF beiER tsrmi-
Isl points of a great traHsooutinsutal
road, as we'll ~ available shipPiHg
points for all that porsien Of the great
aer cultural, pastoral and mining region
iyine between the Cascade snd L oky
Mountains, aud accessible 10 abs n 5Fth
eFa raoIhe road.
The advantages % Tie S0und, a. a
Misunderstanding region, are great. lts
| facilities Tor easy and cheap inter
change Of products have been nasn
toned also its Supplies OF ooAl. irou.
timber and limestone. The read soon
10 DO completed wili give IL easy acasss
10 thu wool. wheat. stoek, hides aud
ores Of the Inland Empire. ~ well as an
opportunity 20 supply that vast aud
rapidly developing r.einn With coal.
iuEhcr, merchandise and manufactured
products. Especially is it designed by
sAgngs for sbiP- ballding. and IL the
asost available hsrhsr ON the Pacific
Coast for : uavAlstasisn and navy yasd
sbips may be eonstrussed nearly 8
hupdred mile inlaua from points
stsfs ampie defeusea may ba erected 20
repsi any euemv, no matter bow power
fol. Back Of Seattle there IL a large
dsep lake Of freah water, easily aecessi-
ole BY = shsgi canal, 90 NJ which
sands vast forests Of umheF. which 10
noWh=rs Surpassed for ship. baildiao
purposes, and aioag Vhos banks l. noe
hetnE constructed . railroad which taps
The great deposits % coal aud iron, bns
fee miles Away. Everything Recess
ssTy, IN is natural condition. ls here
provided. IL Fenaina only for TIE gov
trnmfnt. or private individuals. 60
recuEnixs and Improve the opportunity
ed red.
Fsom picturesque standpoint Paget
-oand pnssesage attraclisna OF q kiga
cFceg. Ice shor ., whish. IN the main,
GENE down Ia blaay stseps to the vefy
sArgin OF tae waters, are lined With
setdAut hss. HsFe anS there, the Esll
'ns bills are troken, where some stream
ur doSn from tue msuntaius asd
fisws thFoagh a fertile valley, covered
with a raak Rrowth Of forests % cedar.
Or, magic, alder, settoa WOod and creep
tuR viaes, save where the haAd Of man
has cleared way foF the plnW, and
converted the 70 est wili INTO green
meadows aud Gel . % gratis. Rsek
from The shoFts the forests rise 10 Gus
oessive terraces - they elimb the moun
tain sides. and soften their rnQ1ed cot.
lines clear 10 their sGmsiits. ave where.
hsre And there, some giant saav peak
ihfusta It's hoary head far above tes
green mantle % abe woautsins. And
/ eaAilsngss tst travellers sys, fsUm what
ever direciiaa ts may b. approach
INK. Ga q C.eaE. Vain, bssclns aay
I 20 cary SIMMER time. The traveller
aeSn the coand has almost con
siAntly II vt.N cue of thsas ssawv
ssmWtts. Moast RA'BleE 20 the souih
sasi, Moan kskeF 10 The northeast. and
I zoe leus syrratsa Tidge % toe Ofyoapic
[ range O. tie sest, ali held tkeiF saasy
cruSns siofs Zoe his Inspection. 10.
eslel, eeep waters % tue Soand. ia